Hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste are generated worldwide every year. Scientists are working tirelessly on new methods to recycle a large proportion of this waste into high-quality ...

Researchers from UC Berkeley have devised a clever trick for recycling difficult-to-recycle plastics that would otherwise be destined for landfills and poisoning the earth. The process is called ...

Researchers programmed yeast to turn plastic and agricultural waste into proteins, vitamins and flavorings for edible cookies ...

Researchers have discovered a way to turn notoriously difficult-to-recycle PVC plastic into a key ingredient used in ...

A new process that converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...

End-of-life plastics generated by the automotive industry present a complex challenge for recycling and waste management systems. Modern vehicles are composed of approximately 10% plastic by mass, a ...

Efforts to combat plastic waste have gotten derailed by the divide over chemical recycling.

The U.S. Waste Recycling Services Market is Projected to Grow from $12.36 Billion in 2025 to $21.44 Billion by 2035, Driven ...

Countries like Malaysia import many metric tons of plastic waste from Europe each year, paying a few pennies per kilo. This might seem strange, but according to Kai Li, it makes sense. "As a resident ...